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When China Really
Is That Far Away

By

Alan Paul

Updated Dec. 7, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

There are trade-offs to being an expat. Living in a foreign land, you are exposed to an array of new people, places, people, foods and ideas. As long as you remain open to it, there is something exotic waiting to be discovered. But you give things up, too, and sometimes you strongly crave comfort, stability and familiarity over excitement, exoticism and newness. I recently discovered this during one of my few moments of true regret about not...